Getting a Potter's Wrasse to eat

[GeoHawk]

Today she showed no interest at all, I am starting to loose hope :(

 

[divewsharks]

what all have you tried feeding?

 

[Jcr's Reef]

I have always got my wrasses to eat within the first day of introducing them to the tank. Once they are first introduced to my tank, I soak mysis and brine in saltwater from the tank, add 5-10mL of selcon and garlic and let soak for 10-15 min. I honestly think selcon works better for enticing finicky eaters over garlic, plus selcon adds more nutrients.
After they eat that for a couple of days I start soaking pellets in with the shrimp garlic and selcon, and feed it all at the same time. Both my potters and leopard wrasse eat just about anything I throw in tank now. They also love sheets of Nori (seaweed) and will graze on it all day.

 

[96gts]

The 1st food that all 3 of my leopard wrasses ate was frozen cyclops, and after a few days they started eating mysis too.

 

[lewisriverfisherman]

The 1st food that all 3 of my leopard wrasses ate was frozen cyclops, and after a few days they started eating mysis too.

This is how mine started to eat as well. It took a couple of weeks for mine to come around to mysis and gumbo.

 

[GeoHawk]

So far I have tried mysis, emerald entree, blood worms, krill, frozen brine shrimp. I usually mix a combination of these and put them in an old medicine bottle that I keep in my fridge. Since adding the potters I have tried adding kents garlic extreme. I usually add 8 drops of garlic extreme should I be adding more than this?

Is krill similar to frozen cyclops? Should I be trying to give the foods to the tank separately? I will try some nori on a clip that I have.

 

[96gts]

So far I have tried mysis, emerald entree, blood worms, krill, frozen brine shrimp. I usually mix a combination of these and put them in an old medicine bottle that I keep in my fridge. Since adding the potters I have tried adding kents garlic extreme. I usually add 8 drops of garlic extreme should I be adding more than this?

Is krill similar to frozen cyclops? Should I be trying to give the foods to the tank separately? I will try some nori on a clip that I have.

Cyclops are small zooplankton, so might be natural food source for Leopard wrasses.

Frozen Fish Food for Aquarium Fish: Ocean Nutrition Cyclops Frozen Food

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=21995http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=21995

Aquarium Fish Foods & Feeding: San Francisco Bay Brand Cyclops

 

[GeoHawk]

BLOOD WORMS!!!, She finally likes something! Today she ate about 6 or 7 of them, it seems like she chokes on them and spits it out enough times to soften it up enough to swallow. I will be picking up some frozen cyclops tomorrow, and I hope she likes that as well. I will probably give her more blood worms tonight before she goes to bed.

Time it took her to start eating frozen: 2 weeks and 2 days

 

[swannyson7]

Glad to hear that you found something it'll eat finally. Good thing it was grazing in the tank considering how long it took him to come around!

 

[Alcedok9]

just wanted to add a note to your thread. We had an awsome potters and due to a freak accident lost it.. I am looking for another if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Thanks!

 

[kkiel02]

I have kept 3 leopard wrasses so far- 2 regular and one Blue Star. I lost the first leopard and blue star with a bout of marine velvet and they died in quarentine. They were both eating frozen before that move though. My newest addition Ive had for about 3 months and had it picking on pods but started feeding frozen mysis and he took to that after a week or two. Now he eats Marine Cuisine and Mysis regularly. I think most people get in trouble when they dont have a pod population to get them to start eating from the start.

The first two were in my 180 and this one is in my 375.

 

[GeoHawk]

Yeah I learned a lot through my experience. As an update mine is doing great! She eats flake, blood worms, and I feed her pods from my culture twice a week. She seems to be getting much more colorful.